__________ are illnesses that are long-term or lifelong and that develop gradually or are present from birth.
a. Disabilitiesb. Acute diseases
c. Epidemics d. Chronic diseases
Question 2Several stages may occur in the labeling process. _____ deviance refers to the initial act of rule breaking.
a. Chief
b. On-set
c. Primary
d. Major
Question 3The term __________ refers to all the ideas regarding masculine and feminine attributes that are held to be valid in a society.
a. sexual norms
b. gender belief system
c. gender identity
d. body consciousness
Question 4The _____ takes into account demographic factors (age, sex, and race/ethnicity), physical condition, habits and customs, and lifestyle.
a. human host b. disease agent
c. health coefficient d. environment
Question 5The text points out that a macrolevel analysis of gender examines structural features, external to the individual, that perpetuate gender inequality. These structures have been referred to as __________, meaning that gender is one of the major ways by which social life is organized in all sectors of society.
a. gendered institutions
b. gendered structures
c. gendered correlates
d. gendered determinants
Question 6According to sociologist Howard Becker, _____ are often the ones who create the rules about what constitutes deviant or conventional behavior. Becker believes that these individuals use their own perspectives on right and wrong to establish the rules by which they expect other people to live.
a. professional labelers b. moral entrepreneurs
c. modern prophets d. ethical brokers
Question 7The _____ include the physical (geography and climate), biological (presence or absence of known disease agents), and social (socioeconomic status, occupation, and location of home) domains.
a. healthy atmosphere b. disease agent
c. human host d. environment